A federal grand jury indicted former national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday, a senior Justice Department official said, making him the third critic of President Donald Trump to face criminal charges in recent weeks.

Bolton was indicted in federal court in Maryland, where he lives and where prosecutors have been investigating whether he improperly retained classified materials following his acrimonious departure from the first Trump administration.

Asked about the indictment during a White House event on Thursday, Trump said, “I didn’t know that” but he’s “a bad person.”

“I think he’s a bad guy, yeah, he’s a bad guy. Too bad, but that’s the way it goes,” Trump said.

The other two prominent Trump adversaries to face charges in recent weeks are former FBI Director Jam

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